Comments on: EPIC 2015: Where\’s the World? http://www.contentious.com/2005/06/07/epic-2015-wheres-the-world/ Amy Gahran's news and musings on how we communicate in the online age. Fri, 12 Feb 2010 20:38:23 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Lumpy http://www.contentious.com/2005/06/07/epic-2015-wheres-the-world/comment-page-1/#comment-21670 Lumpy Fri, 17 Jun 2005 23:58:03 +0000 #comment-21670 <p> I saw it and liked it as well. </p><p> I also just read your post on the "connection age". Taking the first comment of that post and this post into consideration... </p><p> The "information superhighway" is no different than nuclear science. It is very powerful. How mankind uses it is what will matter.</p> I saw it and liked it as well.

I also just read your post on the "connection age". Taking the first comment of that post and this post into consideration…

The "information superhighway" is no different than nuclear science. It is very powerful. How mankind uses it is what will matter.

]]> By: erin engelbrecht http://www.contentious.com/2005/06/07/epic-2015-wheres-the-world/comment-page-1/#comment-20072 erin engelbrecht Thu, 09 Jun 2005 01:11:11 +0000 #comment-20072 I saw this at a Faculty Institute workshop and, although as you mentioned that it is at the most, considered speculation, EPIC struck a chord with the archivist in me: I feel that in this information age basic concepts like providence and personal sanctity are threatened by algorithims and robots. Even Fact checking may hold less value in exchange for feeding the information Whores. I understand democracy is about choice, but the available choices seem to be overwhelming, and if a service like the google-grid ever does become available, it will be anyone's guess on what could be considered credible or reliable anymore. I saw this at a Faculty Institute workshop and, although as you mentioned
that it is at the most, considered speculation,
EPIC struck a chord with the archivist in me:
I feel that in this information age
basic concepts like providence and
personal sanctity are threatened by algorithims and robots.
Even Fact checking may hold less value in exchange for feeding the
information Whores.

I understand democracy is about choice, but the available choices seem
to be overwhelming, and if a service like the google-grid ever does become available,
it will be anyone’s guess on what could be considered credible or reliable anymore.

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